Sale reports / Kansas / Winter Livestock - Dodge City / 2024-02-21

Winter Livestock - Dodge City

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dodge City, Kansas · Wed, Feb 21
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1889
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,883 head
2,079 vs last sale 4,962 768 vs year ago 3,651 · 21.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
17 vs last sale 223 90 vs year ago 150 · +60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
23 vs last sale 7 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder steers 600-800 lbs sold unevenly steady, while those over 800 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 6-weight heifers were unevenly steady on a light test when comparing them to last week's large receipts. Heifers over 700 lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on moderate supply. Best demand on cattle ready to turn out on wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.40/cwt on 1,604 head.
Average price
$253.40
1,604 head · 764 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,936
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$48.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.89
vs KS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1766255.271,9561,451
Medium and Large 1-2714238.441,703140
Large 11,035206.772,14113thin
One grade step is worth $48.50/cwt here — about −$185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,604 hd
253.40
KS average3 barns · 5,708 hd
254.30
−0.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,797127.522,2929thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,434121.471,74233
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,362118.541,61473
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,172101.211,18681

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock - Dodge City, KS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1267975.00/head975.00–975.009755
SteersMedium and Large 1307407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,2514
SteersLarge 11,067206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,1983
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634258.04/cwt254.00–270.001,63637
HeifersMedium and Large 1818218.70/cwt211.75–224.001,78960
SteersMedium and Large 1955217.20/cwt207.00–218.252,07456
SteersMedium and Large 1678263.36/cwt260.75–275.001,786167
SteersMedium and Large 1577314.66/cwt299.00–322.001,816163
SteersMedium and Large 1818239.65/cwt236.50–240.751,960173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827221.40/cwt211.00–226.501,83144
HeifersMedium and Large 1672235.63/cwt228.00–243.751,58389
SteersMedium and Large 1726250.96/cwt245.00–261.001,82274
SteersMedium and Large 1522300.40/cwt292.00–318.001,56862
SteersMedium and Large 1622279.39/cwt267.00–290.001,73833
SteersMedium and Large 1447364.75/cwt362.00–367.501,6308
SteersMedium and Large 1925225.70/cwt222.75–228.002,088190
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680225.18/cwt221.00–246.001,53135
SteersMedium and Large 1771247.24/cwt235.00–250.251,906181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2747235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2312367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1475
SteersLarge 11,026207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,12410
SteersMedium and Large 1384391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,5016
SteersMedium and Large 1465359.41/cwt347.50–365.001,67128
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy805218.75/cwt218.75–218.751,76115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy905180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,6344
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy870200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,74440
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2205
BullsMedium and Large 1436345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,50415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0886
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,635111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,8154
CowsLean 85-90%1,231105.59/cwt100.00–112.001,30047
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,435132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,405122.59/cwt115.00–126.501,72228
CowsBoner 80-85%1,391114.35/cwt110.00–120.001,59139
CowsBoner 80-85%1,328123.34/cwt122.00–126.001,63834
CowsLean 85-90%1,445114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,6471
CowsLean 85-90%1,08094.59/cwt80.00–98.501,02233
Bulls1,848137.13/cwt135.00–139.002,5342
Bulls1,783124.77/cwt120.00–128.002,2257
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015176.19/cwt147.50–196.001,78829
HeifersMedium and Large 1988205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,02511
HeifersMedium and Large 1733227.52/cwt222.50–234.001,668158
HeifersMedium and Large 1521294.29/cwt294.00–295.501,53389
HeifersMedium and Large 1378355.00/cwt347.50–375.001,34224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540267.71/cwt266.00–269.001,44620
HeifersLarge 11,010182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,84316
HeifersMedium and Large 1770229.64/cwt220.00–235.751,768272
HeifersMedium and Large 1859214.81/cwt213.75–215.601,84583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585256.27/cwt253.50–264.001,49938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,53326
HeifersMedium and Large 1480295.52/cwt290.00–305.001,41828
HeifersMedium and Large 1642246.37/cwt243.50–253.501,58241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,80114
HeifersMedium and Large 1324376.82/cwt372.50–387.501,22110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed404349.50/cwt349.50–349.501,41221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3735
HeifersMedium and Large 1577265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2788208.16/cwt190.00–215.001,64011
SteersMedium and Large 1875230.36/cwt227.50–234.602,016306

How this sale compares

Kansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.